Ölgerð

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ölgerð

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ölgerð" (or ǫlgerð) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

ölgerð (ǫlgerð): ölgerð, f. 1) Ølbrygning; Alrekr konungrmátti eigi eiga þær báðar fyrir ósam-þykki þeirra, ok kvezt þá þeirra eigaskyldu, er betra öl gerði mót honum- þær keptust um ölgerðina Halfs. s. 116 (c. 1) (Fld. II, 25); Sturl. II, 12718. 2) Afholdelse af Drikkelag. Gul. 7. 23;Landsl. 7, 52.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, ölgerð may be more accurately written as ǫlgerð.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛚᚵᚽᚱᚦ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

c.: Capitel.

f.: Feminin.

s.: substantiv.